A quarter of a century in oak casks: the Castarède 1995.
the bottle
A quarter of a century in cask: Castarède aged its 1995 harvest for twenty-five years in oak before bottling in 2020. This is a single-vintage eau-de-vie, unblended, brought to 40% vol. Castarède, founded in 1832 and recognised as an Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant, presents it in a 70 cl bottle with gift box. A wonderful choice for anyone born in 1995.
Serve with best enjoyed as a digestif
1995 was marked by the release of Toy Story, the first feature film made entirely with computer-generated imagery, a quiet revolution in the world of animated cinema. In Gascony, the vines yielded a sunny, generous vintage that year. Aged for three decades in Gascon oak casks, these eaux-de-vie offer a fruity, approachable profile, with notes of ripe fruit and vanilla.
Founded in 1832, Castarède is one of the oldest Armagnac négociant houses, and remains entirely independent and family-owned. Florence Castarède, the sixth generation, led the house for more than thirty years from Château de Maniban, in the heart of Bas-Armagnac, until her passing in 2025; the family now carries on her work. Th…
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